The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1865 |
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Seite 80
... held the centre . Gen. McPher- son accordingly ordered Gen. Dodge to shift his position to the extreme left of the line , and occupy the hill carried by the 17th corps on the previous day , and which was still held by Gen. Leggett's ...
... held the centre . Gen. McPher- son accordingly ordered Gen. Dodge to shift his position to the extreme left of the line , and occupy the hill carried by the 17th corps on the previous day , and which was still held by Gen. Leggett's ...
Seite 81
... held the left of the 17th corps . A report that the enemy in heavy force were moving around the left of the 17th corps , and were pushing in through the gap above mentioned , as existing between it and the 16th ( the attack on the 16th ...
... held the left of the 17th corps . A report that the enemy in heavy force were moving around the left of the 17th corps , and were pushing in through the gap above mentioned , as existing between it and the 16th ( the attack on the 16th ...
Seite 85
... held resolutely to their forts , with the evident intention of suffering the city to perish rather than abandon their position . On the night of the 25th , every thing being in readiness , and the wagons loaded with fifteen days ...
... held resolutely to their forts , with the evident intention of suffering the city to perish rather than abandon their position . On the night of the 25th , every thing being in readiness , and the wagons loaded with fifteen days ...
Seite 87
... held by Gen. Slocum's ( 20th ) corps . Previous to the departure of the cavalry un- der Gen. Wheeler , on their raid against the railroad communications of Gen. Sherman , as mentioned above , the latter had enjoyed a com- parative ...
... held by Gen. Slocum's ( 20th ) corps . Previous to the departure of the cavalry un- der Gen. Wheeler , on their raid against the railroad communications of Gen. Sherman , as mentioned above , the latter had enjoyed a com- parative ...
Seite 99
... held his ground . In the afternoon a brigade of the 6th corps came to his assistance , and the enemy were driven from their position . The Federal loss was thirteen hundred . Many officers were wounded , among whom was Gen. Robinson ...
... held his ground . In the afternoon a brigade of the 6th corps came to his assistance , and the enemy were driven from their position . The Federal loss was thirteen hundred . Many officers were wounded , among whom was Gen. Robinson ...
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Seite 310 - States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violen«1.
Seite 330 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Seite 197 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Seite 332 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Seite 253 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution, which we now present,...
Seite 150 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Seite 330 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Seite 273 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Seite 233 - That in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions, because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried.
Seite 67 - With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add, that, with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.